The Fire Emblem is no stranger to massive stories and expansive casts. As early as the Super Nintendo, with Genealogy of the Holy War, it was playing with multiple generations and political intrigue. It and others would spread their lore across multiple games, multiple protagonists, and multiple storylines. It’s an…
To people of a certain age, the advertisements that ran in 1998 for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time have been seared into their brains. I still remember going to the movies to see A Bug’s Life and watching that legendary “Willst thou suck?” trailer as if my life…
The Final Fantasy series has evolved tremendously in the nearly four decades since its debut on the Famicom in the late 1980s. While most recent entries in the legendary RPG series have shifted toward fast-paced, real-time combat, for me, Final Fantasy will always be at its absolute best when it…
The Fire Emblem is no stranger to massive stories and expansive casts. As early as the Super Nintendo, with Genealogy of the Holy War, it was playing with multiple generations and political intrigue. It and others would spread their lore across multiple games, multiple protagonists, and multiple storylines. It’s an…
The Final Fantasy series has evolved tremendously in the nearly four decades since its debut on the Famicom in the late 1980s. While most recent entries in the legendary RPG series have shifted toward fast-paced, real-time combat, for me, Final Fantasy will always be at its absolute best when it…
If Resident Evil 7 was the series’ renaissance, then 2019’s Resident Evil 2 reinforced its unstoppable modern appeal by starting an ongoing celebration of the past. Its popularity not only began a new wave of remakes for Resident Evil, but also inspired many other developers to revisit their classics. Its…
I’m a ’90s baby, so I definitely know what a Buzz Lightyear supply shortage means. After seeing Toy Story on home video around 1996, I was fixated on the Space Ranger. I wanted the toy behind the, well, toy. However, the VHS would also advertise the Toy Story video game…
A journey where you’ll never know who you’ll run into next. That tagline for the first Kingdom Hearts stuck with me, because it really seemed true. How else could I come across Aladdin, Cloud Strife, and Tigger in a single game? The idea of exploring Disney’s animated worlds was appealing,…
As a die-hard Resident Evil fan since the 1996 original, I am often asked, “Are the films worth watching?” I’ve always been unable to give a straightforward answer. The truth is, I personally like them for strange reasons, but objectively, they aren’t good. The previous live-action installments are so nonsensical…
Of all the open world experiences available on Nintendo Switch 2, WB and Travelers Tales’ Lego Batman: Legacy of The Dark Knight was perhaps my most anticipated. How can you deny the pure gothic awesomeness of exploring Gotham City? As it turns out, you can’t, even on Switch 2. While…
Italy’s Milestone has done more for the Hot Wheels brand in video games than arguably any developer. Beginning with 2021’s Hot Wheels Unleashed and continuing with 2023’s Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged, Milestone bridged the gap between kid and adult alike with its take on the miniaturized speedsters. When I…
Our love of Capcom’s Switch 2 prominence is no secret, fostered through fantastic ports of familiar franchises and brand-new adventures over the last year. That’s all well and good, but this is a company with over 40 years of history. We have plenty of icons available or on the way,…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been well over a year since Elden Ring was announced for Nintendo Switch 2. In fact, it was one of the very first games revealed for the console back in April of last year. Since then, the game has been previewed and shown off…
Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio has paved the way for many adaptations over nearly a century and a half. 2023’s Lies of P reimagines the puppet wished to life, the talking cricket, and so much more of that story into a dark action RPG of all things. It creates…
Watching Splatoon grow from merely the best thing the Wii U gave the world to a modern Nintendo icon has been a treat. Three entries in and the series is finally comfortable enough in its metamorphic skin to do what all Nintendo successes eventually do — spin off! Any seasoned…
